35 Whelen ready to go!!!

[wisconsinteacher]

Well the 35 Whelen is ready to go. I deep cleaned it and found that the barrel has some pitting but I'm optimistic that it will shoot. I also got the feeding issues solved by getting a new magazine. Lastly, I got a 2-8 Monarch mounted up and tightened down so it can handle the 250 grain bullets. I'm excited to get it out and shoot it. I know it is going to pack a punch on both ends.





Thanks for all the help and encouragement over the past few months while I was looking for and setting up this deer drive'n machine.

 

[JD338]

You are going to love the 35 Whelen. It is a hammer on WT deer.

JD338

 

[SJB358]

That is a perfect set up for what you are intending to do. Should be AWESOME on deer..

 

[DrMike]

We're looking forward to your reports on the rifle. For sure, it will prove to be a hammer.

 

[sask boy]

Range reports will be coming which is always great news. I think that you are really going to enjoy shooting the rifle. The 35 Whelen is a very efficient calibre :wink:!

Blessings,
Dan

 

[preacher]

Be sure and pad up if you shoot off the bench...those 7600s are pretty light for the Whelen. Also, if you are at the bench, try to set up your rest(bags,etc) where the rifle is high off the bench and you don't have to lean down low behind it. It won't kill you, but it will slap you pretty good! Ha After you get it zeroed, shooting from a standing/unsupported position ( like you will when you jump that big buck!) you won't notice it that much. I'm sure you know this, I'm just excited for you, ha. I've had my Mod 700 Classic in 35 Whelen ( now an Ackley Improved) since '96...a real killer!

 

[wisconsinteacher]

I have a LimbSaver slip on pad that I use for shooting turkey guns. I will make sure I have it on while at the bench. After I get it set up, I will shoot from the standing position to practice.

 

[truck driver]

Just think about 35lbs of recoil from that rifle. Don't mean to scare you just want you to understand there will be substantial recoil with a 250gr bullet at 2500fps in a 6.5lb rifle.

 

[SJB358]

The Whelen doesn't get to be brutal till your really pushing the 250's above 2500. I wouldn't even call them brutal at 2630 either. If the rifle is set up well in regards to scope and such, I don't see a problem. I've been shooting my Whelen with 225's at 2700 and 250's at 2600 for awhile, and it hasn't ever bothered me.

Grab on my 35 Newton with 250's at 2810 and that is different, still not brutal, but you know you pressed the trigger.. :twisted:

 

[wisconsinteacher]

I know it will be packing a punch but noting compares to 3.5" turkey loads. I can handle a few of those so I should be able to take a few shots with this rifle.

 

[truck driver]

Just to clarify, the 35lbs of recoil is what the recoil calculator came up with. :mrgreen:

 

[preacher]

I know it will be packing a punch but noting compares to 3.5" turkey loads. I can handle a few of those so I should be able to take a few shots with this rifle.

You said it Teach! I "loath" 3.5" goose loads, ha! To me, in a light shotgun, they are just plain nasty, the same way I feel about a .416 Weatherby I shot "once". With your 3.5" experience, you will love the Whelen! They are not in the same category. Also, for the kind of hunting you do, a factory 200 corlokt will do it all and feel like an '06. A 250 at 2400 or even 2300 will kill everything in the woods and not beat you up. If you don't care for the stock trigger on your pump you can get an after market trigger for them now!

 

[PJGunner]

Just a thought, but the Pachmeyr Decelerator recoil pads do a very nice job on recoil. I have them on some of my harder kicking rifles and they really do make a difference.
Paul B.

 

[wisconsinteacher]

I hope to shoot the 35 and 444 this weekend. My goal is to get the 35 on paper and to shoot the 444 to make sure it runs well.